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Join the agricultural cooperative! Let’s create an agricultural boom building faster with all force!

Poster Number: PP 690
Category: Agriculture
Media Size: 39.5x29.5
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: 1947
Editorial Information: Editor S. Gilbergs [Gelbergs]
Technical Information on Poster: Order No. 6323; Price 1 ruble
Glavlit Directory Number: JT 04115
Catalog Notes: PP 690 Agriculture
USSR Region: Latvian SSR
Language: Latvian
Artist: Gutman, Simon Izrailevich (Gūtmanis, Sīmons) — Гутман, Симон Израилевич
Printer: LPT Typography, Riga —
Publisher: Latgosizdat (Latvian State Publishing House) — Латгосиздат (Латвийское государственное издательство)
Until World War II, Latvia had thriving publishing and printing industries. Between Soviet annexation in 1940 and the German occupation in 1941, Lativa's position as a European publishing hub drastically changed. Around 1940 Lativa's largest publisher, Liesma (Flame), was nationalized during Soviet annexation. The publisher became VAPP (Department of State Book Publishers and Polygraphic Enterprises) and was controlled as a state-run entity. From 1946-1964, VAPP was named Latgosizdat and in 1965, the publisher was re-named Liesma. It specialized in ...
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